Trai’s May 2026 report shows India’s total telephone subscribers increasing to 134.3 crore, a 0.42% monthly rise.
Airtel led net additions with 29.8 lakh new users, followed by Jio with 22.55 lakh.
The two operators contributed 94% of overall growth
Wireless connections reached 129.44 crore and broadband users rose to 108 crore across 1,544 reporting operators.
Telecom Subscriber Base Rises to 134 Cr in May 2026; Airtel Leads Growth: Trai Data
Both private telecom operators jointly contributed 52.36 lakh new subscribers, or about 94%, in the total net addition of 55.6 lakh subscribers in May
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Telecom subscriber base grew to 134.3 crore in May, driven by net additions on the Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio networks, according to Trai data released on Thursday.
Airtel led the growth in subscriber base with net addition of 29.8 lakh subscribers over the month of April, comprising 29.26 lakh in the mobile segment and 53,809 in the fixed line connection segment.
It was followed by Reliance Jio, which reported a net addition of 22.55 lakh subscribers, comprising 21.54 lakh in the mobile segment and 1.01 lakh in the fixed line segment.
Both private telecom operators jointly contributed 52.36 lakh new subscribers, or about 94%, in the total net addition of 55.6 lakh subscribers in May.
"The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,337.54 million at the end of April 2026 to 1,343.10 million at the end of May 2026, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.42%," Trai's monthly data subscriber report for May 2026 said.
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The total number of wireless connections in May increased to 129.44 crore from 128.89 crore in April. The total wireless connections comprised 114.58 crore consumer sim, 13.11 crore M2M sim and 1.17 crore fixed wireless access connections.
As per the information filed by 1,544 operators for the month of May 2026, the total number of broadband subscribers increased to 108 crore from 107.34 crore in April.
Reliance Jio led the segment with 52.96 crore broadband subscribers. It was followed by Bharti Airtel with 37.6 crore subscribers, Vi 12.9 crore, BSNL 2.7 crore and Atria Convergence 24 lakh broadband subscribers.